Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports from Lansing, Michigan that in contempt for both Democracy and the Working Class, Republican Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall has appealed to the State’s Supreme Court after lower courts unanimously ruled his blatant obstruction of Pro-Worker Legislation unconstitutional. According to the Michigan AFL-CIO, his action is a last ditch effort to deny hundreds of thousands of Michigan Workers life-affording improvements to their health care, pensions and wallets. The case stems from Speaker Hall’s refusal to perform his basic, constitutional duty of transmitting Bills passed by both chambers of the Legislature to Governor Gretchen Whitmer for her signature. These Bills, passed in 2024 in the State’s Legislature, have been held hostage by Hall in what the Labor Federation characterizes as a political power play. “The Courts and Constitution of Michigan are clear: The Michigan House has an obligation to transmit Bills that pass the Legislature to the Governor,” Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber said. “By defying the state Constitution, Speaker Hall is making life less affordable for hundreds of thousands of Michigan Workers.” The Bills are substantive reforms fought for and won by Michigan’s Labor Movement, the Federation said. They would reinstate the right of Public Sector Workers to bargain over health care costs by shielding them from skyrocketing premiums. They would secure pension stability for Public Safety Professionals. They would reform predatory debt collection practices that seize Unemployment Benefits and Tax Credits from families just trying to stay afloat.

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